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The Oxford History of Islam by John L Esposito Publisher Comments Lavishly illustrated with over 300 pictures, including more than 200 in full color, The Oxford History of Islam offers the most wide-ranging and authoritative account available of the second largest--and fastest growing--religion in the world. John L... (read more) List Price $65.00 Your price: $14.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Rumi's World: The Life and Work of the Great Sufi Poet (I Am Wind, You Are Fire) by Annemarie Schimmel Publisher Comments This book (previously published as I Am Wind, You Are Fire ) celebrates the extraordinary career of Persia's great mystical poet, Rumi (12071273), through the story of his life, along with an enlightening examination of his ecstatic verse. Rumi... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.97 Sale - Trade Paper
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Muhammad: The Prophet by Gabriel Mandel Khan Publisher Comments The Koran ?descended? upon a single man in the brief period of 23 years, during which Muhammad managed to unite the peoples of Arabia in one of history?s great religious movements. Follow Muhammad?s accomplishments and assess his great influence on Islam... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $6.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Islam: A Short History by Karen Armstrong Publisher Comments No religion in the modern world is as feared and misunderstood as Islam. It haunts the popular Western imagination as an extreme faith that promotes authoritarian government, female oppression, civil war, and terrorism. Karen Armstrong's short history... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $5.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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A Moth to the Flame: The Life of the Sufi Poet Rumi by Connie Zweig Publisher Comments In the first historical novel about the bestselling Sufi poet Jelaluddin Rumi--based on original sources in Farsi and English--readers discover the key moments that shaped his poetic genius.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Allah, Liberty and Love: The Courage to Reconcile Faith and Freedom by Irshad Manji Publisher Comments The New York Times bestselling author to whom Oprah gave her first ever “Chutzpah” Award, Irshad Manji writes a bridge-building book that is both a stirring reflection and a path to action. Allah, Liberty and Love shows all of us how to... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Muhammad: A Story of God's Messenger and the Revelation That Changed the World by Deepak Chopra Publisher Comments In this riveting novel, beloved international bestselling author Deepak Chopra captures the spellbinding life story of the great and often misunderstood Prophet. Islam was born in a cradle of tribal turmoil, and the arrival of one God who vanquished... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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God's Crucible: Islam and the Making of Europe, 570-1215 by David Levering Lewis Publisher Comments At the beginning of the eighth century, the Arabs brought a momentous revolution in power, religion, and culture to Dark Ages Europe. David Levering Lewis's masterful history begins with the fall of the Persian and Roman empires, followed by the rise of... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Rumi Daybook by Kabir Helminski Publisher Comments "My heart wandered through the world constantly seeking after my cure, but the sweet and delicious water of life had to break through the granite of my heart." When the words of Rumi enter your heart, something softens, breaks, and is subtly reborn.... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Rumi the Book of Love by Coleman Barks Publisher Comments Now in paperback, this is the definitive collection of America's bestselling poet Rumi's finest poems of love and lovers. In Coleman Barks' delightful and wise renderings, these poems will open your heart and soul to the lover inside and out. 'There are... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Koran Interpreted: A Translation by A J Arberry Publisher Comments This classic, authoritative translation brings the full meaning and power of the sacred book of Islam to Western readers. "Certainly the most beautiful English version, and among those by non-Muslim translators, the one that comes closest to conveying... (read more) List Price $22.00 Your price: $10.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Rumi: The Big Red Book: The Great Masterpiece Celebrating Mystical Love and Friendship by Coleman Barks Publisher Comments Considered one of the masterpieces of world literature, The Big Red Book is perhaps the greatest work of Rumi, the medieval Sufi mystic who also happens to be the bestselling poet in America. Rumi was born in 1207 to a long line of Islamic theologians... (read more) List Price $17.99 Your price: $8.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Love's Ripening: Rumi on the Heart's Journey by Rumi Publisher Comments Although alone, the lover is never lonely, Forever hidden with the Beloved. Love is the meaning of our existence, the raw material of transformation, the glorious way of access to Divine intimacy. This teaching infuses the lyric verse of Rumi (1207-1273),... (read more) List Price $18.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Muhammad: A Prophet for Our Time by Karen Armstrong Publisher Comments The Man Who Inspired the World's Fastest-Growing Religion Muhammad presents a fascinating portrait of the founder of a religion that continues to change the course of world history. Muhammad's story is more relevant than ever because it offers crucial... (read more) List Price $14.99 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Science & Islam: A History by Ehsan Masood Publisher Comments History's least-known yet most fertile period in science was the extraordinary Islamic scientific revolution between 700 and 1400. The story of the scientists and inventors is woven into a journey through the Islamic empires of the middle ages that... (read more) List Price $16.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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American Islam: The Struggle for the Soul of a Religion by Paul Barrett Publisher Comments There are as many as six million Muslims living in the United States, and in American Islam, Paul M. Barrett takes us into their homes, mosques, and private gatherings, from West Virginia to Los Angeles, depicting a population of striking variety. In... (read more) List Price $19.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Islamic Mysticism: A Secular Perspective by Ibn Rawandi Publisher Comments Beneath the battle cries of the jihad and an Islamic politics that draws attention to a religion of rigid rules and obsessive devotion, lies the mystical Islam, known as Sufism. What attracts so many Westerners to the faith, says former convert Ibn al... (read more) List Price $35.99 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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The Other Islam: Sufism and the Road to Global Harmony by Stephen Schwartz Publisher Comments This eye-opening, insightful exploration of Sufism, the spiritual tradition that has supported Islam for more than a thousand years, shows why it offers a promising foundation for reconciliation between the Western and Muslim worlds. Many... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.98 Sale - Hardcover
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Mystics of Islam by Reynold A Nicholson Publisher Comments An introductory approach to the study of Islamic mysticism, which provides a broad outline of Sufism and the religious philosophy of Islam. Described here are the principles, methods, and characteristic features of the "inner life" as it has been... (read more) List Price $10.95 Your price: $4.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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The Pure and Powerful: Studies in Contemporary Muslim Society by Nadia Abu Zahra Publisher Comments The major part of this book is devoted to the study of the social life at the shrine of al-Sayyida Zaynab in Cairo. As granddaughter of the Prophet Muhammed, al-Sayyida Zaynab is regarded by many as the patron saint of women. Their belief in her purity... (read more) List Price $34.95 Your price: $14.95 Sale - Trade Paper
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